Assignment Schedule

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Course Schedule
PS: Penn Statements NFG: The Norton Field Guide to Writing RC: Rhetorical Choices SBCG: The Elements of Style
Date
 Topic
 Reading Due
 Writing Due
8/22
 Intro to Course; Rhetorical Situation

8/24
 Rhetoric; The Site, the Blogs, and the Wiki
 NFG Ch. 1-5 (1-17)
8/26
 Evaluation: Reviews in Popular Culture
 NFG Ch. 12 (125-32); Online evaluations
 Personal wiki page
8/29
 Audience: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
 Mark Antony’s Speech;NFG Ch. 2 (5-8); PS: 90-91
 First blog post; Proposal: Evaluation (Critical Review)
8/31
 Strategies: Classifying and Comparing
 NFG Ch. 33 & 34 (300-313); PS: 90-91, 92-94
9/2
 Evaluating Sources; the Writing Process: Drafting
 NFG Ch. 24, 44 (226-8, 400-403)
 Blog post
9/5
 Labor Day: No Class

9/7
 Peer Review Workshop
Rough Draft: Critical Review (Evaluation)
9/9
 Style Workshop: Revision and Documenting Sources
 SBCG Lessons 1 & 2 (1-19)NFG Ch. 47 (420-4)
 Blog post
9/12
 Definition; Analyzing Visual and Verbal Culture
Final Draft: Critical Review (Evaluation)
9/14
 Analyzing Definitions in Context
 NFG Ch. 7 (38-58); The Daily Collegian
 Blog post
9/16
 Wiki Work; meet in tech classroom
 Wikipedia, Introduction and Wiki article
 Blog post
9/19
 Definition
 NFG Ch. 35 (306-13); PS 58-60, 61-63
 Proposal: Definition
9/21
 Arguing for a Definition
 NFG Ch. 32 (283-299); RC “I Want a Wife” & “Caring for Your Introvert” (147-49, 153-56)
9/23
 Peer Review Workshop
Revised personal page;
Rough Draft: Definition
9/26
 No class

9/28
 Style Workshop; Borrowing from Sources
 SBCG Lessons 3 & 4 (20-44); NFG Ch. 46 (408-19)
 Blog post
9/30
 Narrative; Genre
Final Draft: Definition
10/3
 Argument through Narrative
 NFG Ch. 18 & 39 (180-187, 343-51); G.K. Chesterton’s “An Accident”; RC “Mother Tongue” (59-65)
10/5
 Narrative Structure: Time, Climax, Emphasis
 NFG Ch. 15 (153-160); Chesterton’s “An Accident”; //Calvin and Hobbes// excerpts
 Blog post
10/7
 Description; Audience
 NFG Ch. 36 (324-32); Hellen Keller’s //The Story of My Life//, Ch. 4; Tolkien’s //The Hobbit//, excerpt; Robin McKinley's Sunshine, excerpt
 Writing exercise; Proposal: Narrative
10/10
 Dialogue; Realism

10/12
 Peer Review Workshop
Rough Draft: Narrative
10/14
 Style Workshop
 SBCG Lessons 5 & 6 (45-68)
 Blog post
10/17
 Research: Entering the Labyrinth
Final Draft: Narrative
10/19
 Identifying Problems; Idea Discussion
 NFG Ch. 42 (375-83); Wikipedia “Research”
 Blog post
10/21
 Possibilities for Presentation
 RC “Where Have All the Lisas Gone?” (284-291)
 Proposal: Scholarly Research and Reporting
10/24
 Synthesizing Information
 PS: 83-86, 86-89; RC “Cold Comfort” (483-491)
10/26
 Library Research Day: 211A Pattee
 NFG Ch. 44 & 45 (400-407)
 Blog post
10/28
 Disciplinary Expectations; Making Research Readable
 Wikipedia, Pennsylvania State University
and Speech Recognition
10/31
 Peer Review Workshop
Rough Draft: Scholarly Research and Reporting
11/2
 Style Workshop
 SBCG Lessons 7 & 8 (optional)
 Blog post
11/4
 Solutions for Problems
Final Draft: Scholarly Research and Reporting
11/7
 Arguing for a Solution
 NFG Ch. 9, 17 (83-110; 171-79)
 Blog post
11/9
 More Arguing for a Solution
 PS: 67-69; RC “Letter From Birmingham Jail” (580-596)
 Proposal: Proposal Paper
11/11
 Rebuttal
 RC “The Meanings of a Word” (180-183); PS: 95-97; 97-100
11/14
 Peer Review Workshop
Rough Draft: Proposal Paper
11/16
 Revision; Condensing Information
 SBCG Lessons 9 & 10 (Optional)
11/18
 Revision
Final Draft: Proposal Paper
11/21-11/25
 Thanksgiving Holiday: No Class

11/28
 Revision Techniques
 NFG Ch. 25 & 26 (229-41)
11/30
 Sneaky Formatting
Blog post
12/2
 Copyright, Publishing, Authorship
 The Etsy Blog, "Who Owns Spiral Jetty?"
 Proposal: Revision Assignment
12/5
 Peer Review Workshop; Style Workshop
Rough Draft: Revision Assignment
12/7
 Peer Review Workshop; Style Workshop
Final blog post; Second Rough Draft: Revision Assignment
12/9
 Course Wrap-Up
Final Draft: Revision Assignment